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Atalanta

Not to be confused with Atlanta.
This article is about the Greek mythological character. For the football club, see Atalanta BC. For other uses, see Atalanta (disambiguation).
Atalanta
Princess of Arcadia
Member of the Argonauts
Atalanta. Marble, 1703–1705. Copy by Pierre Lepautre of a Roman work after a Hellenistic original.
AbodeArcadia
SymbolsGolden apple, bear, lion
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortMeleager
Ares (possibly)
Hippomenes (or Melanion)
OffspringParthenopaeus

Atalanta (/ˌætəˈlæntə/; Greek: Ἀταλάντη, translit. Atalántē, lit. "equal in weight") is a heroine in Greek mythology.

There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia,[1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene[2][3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts;[4] and the other from Boeotia, who is the daughter of King Schoeneus[5][6][7] and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace.[5] In both versions, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis;[8] in such oral traditions, minor characters were often assigned different names, resulting in minor regional variations.[9]

  1. ^ "Aelian: Various Histories. Book XIII, Ch. 1". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. ^ "CALLIMACHUS, HYMNS 1-3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library, HYMN 3". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3.9.2 - Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  5. ^ a b "HESIOD, CATALOGUES OF WOMEN FRAGMENTS, FRAGMENT 14 - Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  6. ^ "Hyginus, Fabulae. 173-174 and 185". topostext.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  8. ^ Boardman, John (1983). "Atalanta". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 10: 3–19. doi:10.2307/4104327. JSTOR 4104327.
  9. ^ Howell, Reet A.; Howell, Maxwell L. (1989). "The Atalanta Legend in Art and Literature". Journal of Sport History. 16 (2): 127–139. JSTOR 43609443.

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